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1、河北省武邑中学2015届高考英语一轮复习 第18期55分钟课堂练习阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIts wonderful to go to another country, complete a volunteer project and feel that you really have a positive influence. But how can you become an international volunteer?* Plan pra
2、ctically. Contact the organization a few months before leaving and find out if there are materials which are rare and hard to attain for the project. What you often consider plentiful here, such as nails or hammers, is in great need in other parts of the world.* Do the project together, not on your
3、own. You are a guest in the community. The most successful result is not that you build something and walk away, but that you and the community build something as a team. Share skills and build together.* Be flexible. Not everything is going to happen as planned. Often the other country doesnt have
4、the right tools, manpower, transportation or funds to get all the needed work done. In a word, they lack infrastructure(基础设施).* Contact with the people in the community. Often you will have downtime outside of the range of the project. Rather than retreat to the group with whom you traveled, be sure
5、 to spend time with the people of the community. Listen to the things about their lives. If you cant speak the language, smiles work wonders. And you will be surprised you will find a way to community.Volunteering is a special and life-long experience for everyone involved. Be prepared that the pers
6、on who may be changed most is you. Its a joyful, often careful experience which will encourage you to view yourself, your neighbors and your world quite differently.21. When you volunteer to join in a project, you are advised to .A. build something and walk awayB. make good preparation in advanceC.
7、avoid involving locals in activitiesD. depend on yourself to solve problems22. According to the author, volunteer will .A. reduce challenge in the worldB. determine the future of a volunteerC. change a persons opinion of the worldD. benefit volunteers most in their learning23. What is the passage ma
8、inly about?A. What prepares you to become a volunteer.B. Where volunteers are needed most in the world.C. Why volunteering is popular with young people.D. How volunteers develop a relationship with local people.BWhat would you do if you were a fifth grader facing a huge homework load every night, an
9、d you found out that there was a machine that world do all the work for you? Thats the situation presented to Sam, Kelsey, Judy and Brenton in Dan Gutmans entertaining new book for young readers, The Home Machine.The four children, all fifth graders in Miss Rasmussens Grand Canyon School, are as dif
10、ferent as any other 11-year-old child could be, but they have one thing in common all are somewhat separated from their classmates. Sam is a newcomer and has had his share of school trouble before; Kelsey quietly carries her pain at losing her father; Judys sense of justice always annoys others; Bre
11、nton is the smartest child in the school, so smart that even his parents and teachers have trouble keeping up with him. When Brenton and his three classmates are put into the same study group by their teacher, the others discover that Brenton has made a time-saving gadget(装置) to do homework for him.
12、 While the boy is perfectly able to do his homework himself, Sam, Kelsey and Judy can use the help.Having perfect grades is something new for these three, and as they meet every day to do homework, they find that theyre learning a lot about each other. Such a good thing cant last though, and when a
13、secret man starts trying to get in touch with them, they begin to get nervous. Soon theres an even more frightening problem why cant the Homework Machine be turned off?Told in different voices as all the children make statements to the Grand Canyon Police, the story develops in an interesting fashio
14、n. Gutman is a gifted writer who has written dozens of childrens books, each with a funny and impressing table that should be equally liked by boys and girls.24. What is one common thing that all the four children have to deal with at school?A. Getting along with their classmates.B. Doing their home
15、work by themselves.C. Overcoming difficulties on their own.D. Catching up with others to get good grades.25. Which of the following words best describe Brenton?A. Strange and nervous.B. Quiet and smart.C. Brave and special.D. Clever and helpful.26. Why did the children get frightened?A. They lost to
16、uch with each other.B. They were questioned by a strange man.C. They had no idea how to stop the machine.D. They were tracked down by the police.27. This passage most probably comes from .A. a students diaryB. a book reviewC. a school reportD. a science storyCScientists have been puzzled by the phenomenon that migrating birds fly not just in gro
